. >> rick: susan estridge is a professor of law and political science at the university of southern california. i hate to laugh at the minority leader's comments, but one of the finest days for the senate in recent -- for those of us who don't speak washingtonian what, is voterama? what is that? >> you know, it's a washington phrase for how you take votes without running into a filibuster possibility. so everybody can vote, but the republicans in this case don't have to decide when we fill buster and when we don't. so you play this game. it's a nonbinding resolution, as you know. so it's not even like this is the real budget. this is the senate's toss over the wall. you know, i can only say, if student government at usc worked like this, we would all be up in arms and say, can't these kids figure out how to make a decision? i think that both sides of the aisle just look a little bit silly. >> rick: i think you're absolutely right. in the end, the thing gets passed, but at the same time, nobody thinks for a minute that it's going to become law. the whole thing is a charade. >> right. so they al